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Final Approach
...scheduling instrument training to get the checkride finished up.
It happened again today (actually, late last night), the second time something like this has happened. My CFII called about the time I'd blocked off on his schedule. It was only vacant because a pre-solo primary student of his had messed up and only blocked off the time in his plane.
His schedule is pretty full for the rest of the week and through the weekend. It always is during the summer. The schedule that I accidentally stepped on was made a week ago. That's just the way it is. Most of his income is from primary students that he teaches in his own airplane, and from the rental fees (probably a significant part of his income since it's a 172 and he's an A&P/IA and does all of his own mx), so I know there's no way he would block off a week of time to get me finished up.
Due to work, mx issues and now this, we've yet to connect this summer.
If I don't finish up by the end of next month I have to take the written again. I really don't want to have to do that, it's a hassle and costs $150 now (or maybe it's gone up more since then, I don't know).
I'm sorta running out of options here. I'm teaching only one course this summer, an online course so I could do almost all of my work for it on the road, except that I'm required to keep office hours and mine are MWF. So traveling somewhere to do an accelerated course is pretty much out of the question too. The course ends... you guessed it, at the end of next month. Not even a few days' window there.
Paying for PIC to come to me would be MUCH more expensive than just slogging on ahead and retaking the written. I guess that's probably what I'll end up doing, but I thought I'd ask here just in case:
Does anyone know of someone in my area (as in, within an hour Cardinal time from VLL) who does accelerated instrument training?
It happened again today (actually, late last night), the second time something like this has happened. My CFII called about the time I'd blocked off on his schedule. It was only vacant because a pre-solo primary student of his had messed up and only blocked off the time in his plane.
His schedule is pretty full for the rest of the week and through the weekend. It always is during the summer. The schedule that I accidentally stepped on was made a week ago. That's just the way it is. Most of his income is from primary students that he teaches in his own airplane, and from the rental fees (probably a significant part of his income since it's a 172 and he's an A&P/IA and does all of his own mx), so I know there's no way he would block off a week of time to get me finished up.
Due to work, mx issues and now this, we've yet to connect this summer.
If I don't finish up by the end of next month I have to take the written again. I really don't want to have to do that, it's a hassle and costs $150 now (or maybe it's gone up more since then, I don't know).
I'm sorta running out of options here. I'm teaching only one course this summer, an online course so I could do almost all of my work for it on the road, except that I'm required to keep office hours and mine are MWF. So traveling somewhere to do an accelerated course is pretty much out of the question too. The course ends... you guessed it, at the end of next month. Not even a few days' window there.
Paying for PIC to come to me would be MUCH more expensive than just slogging on ahead and retaking the written. I guess that's probably what I'll end up doing, but I thought I'd ask here just in case:
Does anyone know of someone in my area (as in, within an hour Cardinal time from VLL) who does accelerated instrument training?
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